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RULES  AND  REGULATIONS 


TRUSTEES 


COLORED  SCHOOLS 


ASBINGTON  AND  GEORGETOWN, 


OCTOBER,   18  7O. 


WASHINGTON  CITY: 

M'QILL  &  WITHEROW,  PRINTERS  AND  STEREOTYPEKS. 
1870. 


RULES  AND  REGULATIONS 


OF  THE 


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TRUSTEES 


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COLOEED  SCHOOLS 


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WASHINGTON  AND  GEORGETOWN, 


OCTOBER,   187O. 


WASHINGTON  'CITY: 

M'GILL  &  WITHEROW,  PRINTERS  AND  STEREOTYPERS. 
1870..      '    '         • 


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d  of  ffrustees  0f  Colored  Schools  of  JuJasMngion  and 

WASHINGTON,  D.  C.,  October  21,  18TO. 

The  following  Kules  and  Regulations,  for  the  government 
of  the  Superintendent,  Teachers,  and  Schools  under  the 
supervision  of  this  Board,  were  adopted  at  a  meeting  held 
"Wednesday  evening,  October  19,  1870. 

ATTEST:  W.  H.  ASHBUETON  WOEMLEY, 

Secretary. 


EULES   AND   REGULATIONS. 


DUTIES    OF   THE    SUPERINTENDENT. 

1.  The  Superintendent,  as  executive  agent  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees,  is  charged  with  the  duty  of  seeing  that  all  rules 
and  regulations  adopted  by  the  Board  for  the  government  of 
the  teachers  and  the  schools  are  faithfully  observed.     All 
school-houses,  with  their  furniture,  apparatus,  and  grounds, 
are  placed  under  his  supervision.     He  shall  visit  all  schools 
under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Trustees  as  often  as  practicable, 
and  is  authorized  to  correct  any  violation  of  rule  that  he  may 
observe,  and  report  the  same  to  the  Trustees.     He  shall  no- 
tify the  Trustees  of  any  needed  repairs  or  supplies,  and  take 
such  measures  to  provide  the  same  as  they  may  direct. 

2.  He  is  also  charged  with  the  direction,  subject  to  the 
approval  of  the  Trustees,  of  all  that  pertains  to  the  course 
of  instruction  in  the  several  grades  of  schools,  the  text-books 
used,  the  methods  of  teaching  and  of  discipline  employed, 
and  the  classification,  examination,  promotion,  suspension, 
expulsion,  or  restoration  of  pupils.    The  Trustees,  in  investi- 
gating these  matters,  will  first  advise  with  the  Superintend- 
ent.    He  shall  advise  and  direct  the  teachers  in  regard  to 
modes  of  instruction  and  discipline  in  all  cases  where  it  may 
be  deemed  useful,  endeavoring  to  secure  the  adoption  of  the 
best  methods,  with  uniformity  of  classification,  in  all  the 
schools.     Arid  if  he  shall  find  any  teacher  incompetent  or 
indisposed  to  discharge  her  duties  in  a  reasonably  satisfac- 
tory manner,  he  shall  report  the  case  to  the  Trustees  for  their 
action. 

3.  The  Superintendent  shall  have  power  to  call  meetings 
of  the  teachers  for  conference  and  instruction  relative  to 
their  duties  as  often  as  he  may  deem  desirable,  and  he  is 
authorized  to  suspend  the  schools  for  that  purpose,  not  ex- 
ceeding one  half  day  in  each  month. 

4.  It  shall  be  his  duty  to  acquaint  himself  with  all  princi- 


pies  and  facts  pertaining  to  the  subject  of  popular  education, 
and  with  any  improvements  in  organization,  or  modes  of 
instruction  and  discipline,  that  may  be  adopted  in  public 
schools  elsewhere,  in  order  that  he  may  be  able  to  suggest 
appropriate  means  for  the  advancement  of  the  schools  under 
his  charge.  He  will  be  expected  to  attend  all  meetings  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees  when  invited,  and  to  give  information 
relative  to  the  condition  of  the  schools,  and  to  suggest  any 
changes  that  may  be  needed,  when  called  upon. 

5.  The  Superintendent   shall,  in  conjunction   with  such 
committee  as  the  Trustees  may  appoint,  assist  in  the  exam- 
ination of  all  candidates  for  the  position  of  teacher,  and 
shall  sign  the  certificates  of  those  who  are  accepted.     No 
application  will   be  considered  from  a  married   person,  or 
from  one  under  eighteen'  years  of  age.     He  shall  also  keep 
a  register  of  the  names  and  addresses  of  all  applicants  for 
teacherships,  with  such  information  as  he  may  possess  rela- 
tive to  their  qualifications,  which  register  shall  be  at  all  times 
open  to  the  inspection  of  the  Trustees. 

6.  He  shall  see  that  the  monthly  and  other  reports  re- 
quired of  the  teachers  are  promptly  and  accurately  rendered 
by  them,  and  that  summaries  of  the  same  are  prepared  each 
month  for  the  use  of  the  Trustees;  and  he  shall  prepare  and 
submit  to  the  Trustees,  as  early  as  practicable  after  the  close 
of  the  school  year,  a  report  of  the  condition  of  the  schools, 
embracing  a  summary  of  the  statistics  gathered,  with  such 
suggestions  and  recommendations  as  he  may  deem  proper. 

7.  The  Superintendent  shall  take  special  note  of  the  sani- 
tary condition  of  all  school-rooms,  and  their  appurtenances, 
and  see  that  proper  measures  are  taken  to  remedy  any  neg- 
lect of  proper  ventilation,  of  cleanliness,  or  of  the  physical 
comfort  of  the  pupils  or  teachers.     He  shall  also  consult 
with  the  Trustees  in  relation  to  the  erection  of  any  new  school 
building,  and  suggest  such  plans,  with  reference  to  conve- 
nience^health,  and  economy  of  construction,  as  he  may  judge 
best. 

8.  The  Superintendent  shall  make  investigation  as  to  the 
number  and  condition  of  colored  children,  in  the  cities  of 
Washington    and  Georgetown,  who  are   not   receiving  the 
benefits'of  the  Public   Schools,  and   shall  present  to   the 
Trustees  the  results   of  his  inquiries  in  his  ^annual  report, 
with  suggestions  as  to  the  remedy  of  the  evil. 

9.  The.  Superintendent  is  authorized   to  grant  permits, 
subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  to  pupils 
resident  in  one  .school  district  to  attend  school  in  another, 


when  good  and  sufficient  reasons  for  the  change  shall  be 
made  to  appear. 

10.  He  is  authorized  to  permit  the  closing  of  a  school  for 
the  purpose  of  allowing  the  teacher  to  visit  other  schools,  or 
for  other  satisfactory  reasons,  not  exceeding  one  day  at  a 
time;  and  in  case  such  permission  is  given  by  the  Trustees, 
they  will  cause  information  of  the  same  to  be  promptly  sent 
to  the  Superintendent. 

11.  The  Superintendent  shall  preserve  at  the  office  of  the 
Board  complete  lists  of  the  books,  maps,  charts,  globes, 
clocks,  chairs,  bells,  settees,  mats,  keys,  &c.,  belonging  to 
the  several  schools,  copies  of  which  lists  shall  be  furnished 
to  the  several  teachers  in  charge,  and  at  the  close  of  each 
school  year  he  shall  cause  a  careful  comparison  of  these  lists 
to  be  made  with  the  articles  on  hand.     In  case  any  article 
should  have  been  destroyed  or  be  missing,  he  shall  require 
of  the  teacher  a  written  statement  of  the  circumstances  at- 
tending its  destruction  or  loss,  to  be  laid  before  the  Trustees. 

12.  The  Superintendent  shall  have  regular  office  hours, 
other  than  school  hours,  at  such  place  as  the  Trustees  shall 
provide;  and  he  shall  see  that  all  registers,  books  of  record, 
blanks  and  forms  required  for  the  use  of  teachers,  and  all 
articles  of  stationery,  &c.,  supplied  by  the  Trustees,  are  pre- 
pared and  ready  to  be  furnished  as  needed.     He  shall  also 
perform  any  other  duties  pertaining  to  the  management  of 
the  schools  which  the  Board  of  Trustees  may  require. 


SCHOOL   DISTRICTS. 

1.  The  cities  of  Washington  and  Georgetown  are  divided 
into  five  school  districts,  as  follows: 

First  District. — The  First  and  Second  Wards,  embracing 
all  that  part  of  Washington  west  of  Tenth  street  and  north 
of  the  Canal,  also  the  part  north  of  Rhode  Island  avenue 
and  east  of  Tenth  street. 

Second  District. — The  Third  and  Fourth  Wards,  including 
that  part  of  Washington  east  of  Tenth  street,  and  Khocle 
Island  avenue,  north  of  the  Canal,  to  Third  street  west,  and 
west  of  Third  street  to  D  north,  north  of  D  street  to  Mary- 
land avenue,  atid  north  of  Maryland  avenue  to  the  eastern 
boundary. 

Third  District.— The  Fifth  and  Sixth  Wards,  (Capitol  Hill 
and  Navy  Yard,)  bounded  on  the  west  by  South  Capitol 
street,  the  Canal  and  Third  street  west;  on  the  north  by 


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north  D  street  and  Maryland  avenue;  and  on  the  east  and 
south  by  the  Anacostia  river. 

Fourth  District. — The  Seventh  "Ward,  (Island,)  embracing 
all  south  of  the  Canal  and  west  of  South  Capitol  street. 

Fifth  District. — Georgetown. 

2.  Pupils  will  be  required,  as  far  as  practicable,  to  attend 
school  in  the  districts  where  they  reside;  but  permits  to  go 
elsewhere  will  be  given  by  the  Superintendent  or  Trustees 
for  good  reasons,. 

SCHOOL  HOURS  AND  RECESSES. 

3.  School  exercises  shall  commence  punctually  at  9  o'clock 
in  the  morning  and  close  at  3  o'clock  p.  m. ;  but  the  younger 
pupils  in  the  primary  classes  may,  at  the  discretion  of  their 
teachers  and  the  principals,  be  dismissed  at  2  o'clock.     This 
rule  will  not  be  construed  to  prohibit  a  teacher  from  detain- 
ing pupils  until  a  later  hour  for  purposes  of  discipline  or  to 
make  up  neglected  lessons. 

4.  During  the  forenoon  a  recess  of  fifteen  minutes  shall 
be  given  at  10J  o'clock:  Provided,  That  the  grammar  and 
intermediate  classes  may  substitute  for  this  recess  physical 
exercises  in  their  rooms,  at  the  discretion  of  their  teachers. 
These  exercises  must  be  of  an  orderly  character,  as  prescribed 
in  Mason's  Manual  or  some  similar  work. 

5.  A  recess  of  thirty  minutes  shall  be  given  at  12  m.,  at 
which  pupils  will  not  be  allowed  to  go  to  their  homes  with- 
out special  permission  of  their  teachers,  and  then  only  on 
condition  of  returning  in  time. 

6.  No  change  in  the  school  session  in  inclement  weather 
is  allowed,  (unless  by  special  permission  of  the  Trustees  or 
Superintendent,  in  extraordinary  cases;)  but  pupils  will  not 
be  required  to  spend  the  recesses  out  of  doors  to  the  exposure 
of  their  health. 

VACATIONS   AND   HOLIDAYS. 

7.  Every  Saturday. 

The  Christmas  Holidays,  from  December  25th  to  January 
1st,  inclusive. 

The  22d  of  February. 

Good  Friday  and  Easter  Monday. 

National  Thanksgiving  and  Fast  Days. 

From  the  1st  of  July  to  the  first  Monday  in  September. 

No  other  holidays  will  be  granted,  except  by  special  per- 
mission of  the  Trustees. 


DUTIES   OF   TEACHERS. 

8.  To  acquaint  themselves  with  the  Regulations. — Teachers  are 
required  to  make  themselves  familiar  with  these  Eegulations, 
especially  such  as  relate  to  their  own  duties,  and  to  see  that 
the  same  are  faithfully  observed. 

9.  Opening  of  School-Rooms. — Teachers  are  required  to  be 
at  their  school-rooms  at  least  fifteen  minutes  before  9  o'clock 
in  the  morning,  at  which  time  the  doors  shall  be  opened  for 
the  admission  of  pupils.     They  will  cause  a  bell  to  be  rung 
at  least  three  minutes  before  9,  as  a  signal  for  assembling, 
and  will  close  the  doors  precisely  at  9  o'clock.     After  the 
recesses,  they  will  cause  a  bell  to  be  rung  at  least  three  min- 
utes before  the  time  for  closing  the  doors. 

10.  In  case  of  Detention. — In  case  of  detention  by  sickness, 
or  absence  from  any  unavoidable  cause,  immediate  notice 
should  be  sent  in  writing  to  the  principal  of  the  schools  with 
which  the  teacher  is  connected,  (if  such  there  be,)  and  in 
case  the  absence  is  prolonged  beyond  a  day,  notice  must  also 
be  sent  in  writing  to  the  Superintendent. 

11.  Records,  fc.,  to  be  kept. — In  each  school  a  record  of  ad- 
missions and  discharges ;  a  register  for  marking  attendance, 
scholarship,   and   deportment;    a   diary  for  obtaining  the 
monthly  summaries;  a  memorandum  of  the  teacher's  time 
in  school;  and  a  record  of  visits,  shall  be  carefully  kept,  in 
the  form  prescribed  by  the  Superintendent.     These  records 
shall  be  at  all  times  open  to  the  inspection  of  the  Trustees 
and  Superintendent,  and  at  the  close  of  the  school  year  shall 
be  deposited  with  the  officer  last  named  for  preservation. 

12.  Monthly  Reports. — A  report  of  each  school,  in  such 
form  as  the  Superintendent  may  prescribe,  shall  be  mad6  at 
the  end  of  every  month;    and  the   monthly  salary  of  the 
teacher  will  not  be  considered  as  due  until  such  report  is 
rendered  in  proper  form. 

13.  Supply  of  Stationery. — A  reasonable  amount  of  station- 
ery, consisting  of  chalk,  pens,  ink,  and  paper,  for  the  teach- 
er's use,  will  be  furnished  each  school,  on  application  to  the 
Superintendent.   Applications  for  such  supplies  will  be  made 
in  all  cases  in  writing,  through  the  principals  of  the  several 
schools,  who  will,  if  approved,  transmit  them  to  the  Super- 
intendent on  Friday  of  each  week. 

14.  Supply  of  Books,  £c. — Teachers  will  use  all  proper  ef- 
forts to  induce  pupils  or  their  parents  to  procure  the  ueces- 


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sary  books  and  utensils  for  use  in  school,  and  will  not  allow 
pupils  to  remain  in  school  unprovided  with  these. 

14.  Course  of  Study  and  Text-Books. — The  teachers  shall 
conform  to  such  course  of  instruction  in  their  classes  as  shall 
be  prescribed  by  the  Trustees,  and  shall  use  only  such  text- 
books as  they  may  direct. 

16.  Opening  Exercises. — Each  school  shall  be  opened  in  the 
morning  with  reading  a  portion  of  the  Bible  by  the  teacher, 
which  may  be  followed  by  the  repetition  of  the  Lord's  Prayer. 
During  these  exercises  the  door  shall  be  closed  and  no  pupil 
admitted. 

17.  Physical  Health. — Teachers  will  give  constant  attention 
to  the  physical  welfare  and  comfort  of  their  pupils,  instruct- 
ing them  to  avoid  injurious  practices;  regulating,  as  far  as 
practicable,  the  ventilation  and  temperature  of  their  rooms; 
taking  care  that  pupils  are  not  kept  too  long  in  one  position, 
nor  deprived  of  a  due  amount  of  exercise  in  the  open  air. 
Pupils  must  not  be  kept  in  at  recess  for  purposes  of  dis- 
cipline without  being  allowed  a  suitable  amount  of  time  sub- 
sequently for  out-door  exercise.     "When,  from  any  cause,  it 
shall  be  impracticable  to  take  the  recesses  out  of  doors,  the 
pupils  shall  be  exercised  in  their  rooms  with  open  windows. 
Weakly  and  studious  children  should  be  objects  of  special 
care,  lest  their  minds  be  developed  at  the  expense  of  their 
bodies. 

18.  Moral  Culture. — Teachers  are  required  to  give  careful 
attention  to  the  moral  culture  of  their  pupils,  instructing 
them  to  avoid  the  evils  of  falsehood,  profanity,  idleness,  dis- 
obedience, and  every  wicked  and  disgraceful  practice;  and 
inculcate  the  virtues  of  truthfulness,  honesty,  industry,  clean- 
liness, respect  for  parents  and  teachers,  obedience  to  law, 
and  the  practice  of  the  golden  rule. 

19.  Religious  Culture. — Teachers  will  also  endeavor  judi- 
ciously to  educate  the  religious  faculties  of  their  pupils,  by 
leading  them  to  love  and  revere  the  Great  Parent  of  all,  and 
to  recognize  His  goodness,  wisdom,  and  present  power  in  the 
objects  and  phenomena  of  nature;  but  they  will  carefully 
avoid  all  sectarian  instruction. 

20.  Discipline. — The  teachers  shall  aim  to  practice  such 
discipline  in  their  schools  as  a  kind,  firm,  and  judicious  pa- 
rent would  use  in  his  family ;  and  they  shall  avoid  corporal 
punishment  in  all  cases  where  good  order  can  be  preserved 
by  milder  measures.     Each  case  of  corporal  punishment, 
with  the  reasons  therefor,  shall  be  reported  to  the  Super- 
intendent.    They  are  enjoined  to  avoid  all  appearance  of 


anger  or  haste  in  inflicting  punishment,  and  to  carefully 
refrain  from  blows  that  may  cause  permanent  or  serious 
injury.  A  frequent  resort  to  or  reliance  upon  corporal  pun- 
ishment will  be  regarded  as  an  evidence  of  unfitness  for  the 
position  of  teacher;  and. any  teacher  known  to  inflict  need- 
less violence  upon  a  pupil  will  be  promptly  dismissed  by  the 
Trustees.  Teachers  will,  as  far  as  practicable,  make  the  ac- 
quaintance of  the  parents  of  their  pupils,  and  secure  their 
cooperation  in  the  promotion  of  good  discipline,  and  of 
punctuality  and  regularity  of  attendance  at  school. 

21.  Programme  of  Exercises. — Each  teacher  will  prepare, 
and  place  where  it  may  be  conveniently  inspected  by  the 
Superintendent  and  Trustees,  a  programme  of  the  exercises 
and  recitations  of    each  day  in  the   week,  specifying  the 
length  of  time  allotted  to  each;  and  this  programme  should 
be  adhered  to  with  all  practicable  regularity. 

22.  Number  of  Pupils  in  a  School. — The  number  of  pupils 
in  any  school  shall  not  exceed  sixty  for  each  teacher,  and 
this  number  may  be  reduced  at  the  discretion  of  the  Super- 
intendent or  Trustees. 

23.  Vaccination. — Pupils  will  not  be  admitted  who  have 
not  been  vaccinated  or  otherwise  protected  against  small- 
pox. 

24.  Age  of  Pupils. — Children  under  six  or  over  seventeen 
years  of  age  will  not  be  received  as  pupils  to  the  exclusion 
of  any  between  those  ages. 

25.  Admission  of  Pupils  from  other  Schools. — "No  pupil  who 
has  been  attending  a  public  school  shall  be  admitted  into 
another  public  school  without  a  certificate  of  transfer  or 
honorable  discharge  from  the  school  last  attended,  except 
by  written  permission  of  the  Superintendent  or  Trustees. 
Teachers  will  take  great  care  not  to  receive  pupils  who  may  have 
left  other  schools  without  permission,  or  who  have  been  suspended 
or  expelled. 

26.  Pupils  not  to  be  sent  on  Private  Errands.- — Teachers  are 
not  "allowed  to  send  their  pupils  on  errands  during  school 
hours,  except  on  urgent  school  business. 

27.  Reading,  Sewing,  $c.,  not  allowed. — The  reading  of  news- 
papers, magazines,  etc.,  prolonged  conversation  with  other 
teachers  or  with  visitors,  writing  letters,  sewing,  or  any  other 
occupation  which  distracts  the  teacher's  mind  from  her  du- 
ties in  school  hours,  is  not  allowed. 

28.  Responsibility  of  Teachers. — Each  teacher  is  responsible 
for  the  care  of  the  furniture  and  other  school  property  under 
her  charge,  and  will  take  special  care  to  preserve  the  new 


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desks  from  injury  of  any  kind.  Each  teacher  is  also  ex- 
pected to  maintain  order  and  discipline  in  her  own  room, 
and  where  several  schools  are  grouped  in  one  building,  all 
the  teachers  will  cooperate  with  the  principal  in  maintaining 
order  in  the  halls,  upon  the  stairways  and  platforms,  and  in 
the  neighborhood  of  the  building. 

29.  Order  in  the  School  Rooms. — Teachers  will  not  admit 
pupils  into  the  school  rooms,  nor  allow  them  to  remain  in  at 
recess,  except  in  charge  of  some  proper  person  to  maintain 
order;  and  no  play  or  boisterousness  will  at  any  time  be  al- 
lowed in  the  school  rooms  or  buildings. 

30.  Order  in  the  vicinity  of  the  School-Mouses. — Teachers  will, 
as  far  as  possible,  prevent  any  noisy  assemblages  of  pupils 
at  or  near  the  school-houses,  before  or  after  school,  and  will 
require  all  pupils  to  leave  the  premises  immediately  after  the 
close  of  school. 

31.  Attendance   on    Teachers'  Meetings. — All   teachers   are 
required  to  attend  such  meetings  for  conference  and  instruc- 
tion relative  to  their  duties  as  the  Superintendent  may  call, 
dismissing  their  schools  for  that  purpose  when  so  directed. 

32.  Visiting  other  Schools. — Teachers  may  close  their  schools, 
for  half  a  day  at  a  time,  with  the  permission  of  the  Super- 
intendent, for  the  purpose  of  visiting  other  schools,  to  ob- 
serve different  modes   of  instruction   and  discipline;  such 
visits  not  to  occupy  more  than  three  half  days  in  the  school 
year.    . 

33.  Promotions   and  Admissions. — Promotions   from    one 
school  to  another  will  be  made  only  at  the  beginning  of  a 
month,  except  by  direction  of  the  Superintendent,  and  new 
pupils  will  not  be  admitted  after  the  first  Monday  in  the 
month,  unless  by  special  permission  of  the  Superintendent 
or  Trustees. 

Duties  of  Principals. — Where  two  or  more  teachers  are  em- 
ployed in  one  building,  one  of  the  number  will  be  designated 
by  the  Trustees  to  act  as  principal.  The  special  duties  of 
the  principal  will  be  to  have  a  general  oversight  of  the  halls, 
stairways,  platforms,  school  grounds,  and  out-buildings,  for 
the  maintaining  of  proper  order  and  discipline,  in  which  she 
will  be  at  all  times  entitled  to  the  efficient  cooperation  of  her 
associates.  She  will,  in  case  of  the  absence  of  any  teacher, 
provide  a  monitor  or  substitute  to  act  in  the  place  of  such 
absentee,  or  will  dismiss  her  pupils.  She  is  also  authorized 
to  see  that  proper  order  and  discipline  are  maintained  in  all 
the  schools  under  her  charge,  and  that  the  rules  and  regula- 
tions of  the  Trustees  are  properly  observed;  and  will  report 


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to  the  Trustees  any  case  of  inefficiency  or  neglect  of  duty  on 
the  part  of  the  other  teachers  or  of  the  janitor.  The  prin- 
cipal-will also  attend  to  the  examination  and  assignment  to 
their  proper  grades  of  all  applicants  for  admission;  and  to 
her  will  be  referred  all  visitors  and  persons  applying  for  in- 
formation relative  to  the  schools.  She  will  also  see  that  the 
bells  are  rung  at  the  proper  moment  for  the  assembling  of 
the  pupils,  and  perform  such  other  of  the  usual  duties  of  a 
principal  as  the  Trustees  may  from  time  to  time  require. 

RULES    RELATIVE   TO    PUPILS. 

35.  General  Deportment. — Good  order  and  propriety  of  de- 
portment, not  only  during  school  hours,  but  in  coming  to 
and  leaving  school,  and  cleanliness  in  person  and  attire,  are 
expected  from  all.  Pupils  are  required  to  keep  all  books 
clean,  and  the  contents  of  desks  neatly  arranged;  to  enter 
and  leave  the  room  in  a  respectful  manner,  and  without 
noise;  and  to  quit  the  neighborhood  of  the  school  in  a 
quiet  and  orderly  manner  immediately  on  being  dismissed. 

3G.  No  pupil  shall  be  allowed  to  throw  pens,  paper,  or 
anything  whatever  on  the  floor;  to  mark,  cut,  scratch,  chalk, 
or  otherwise  disfigure,  or  injure,  any  portion  of  the  school 
building,  or  anything  connected  with  it;  to  use  tobacco  in 
any  form;  to  use  a  knife  in  school;  to  play  at  any  game 
within  the  school-room;  to  use  any  profane  or  indelicate  lan- 
guage; to  nickname  any  person;  to  throw  stones  or  other 
missiles;  to  annoy  or  maltreat  others;  or  do  anything  that 
may  disturb  the  neighborhood  of  the  school.  Any  damage 
done  to  the  school  buildings  or  furniture  must  be  repaired 
at  the  expense  of  the  offender. 

37.  Suspension. — The  following  shall  be  deemed  sufficient 
grounds,  severally,  for  the  suspension  of  a  pupil  from  the 
privileges  of  school  by  the  teacher,  viz: 

Im moral  conduct; 

Violent  or  pointed  opposition  to  authority  in  any  particu- 
lar instance; 
-  Persistent  disobedience  or  disorder; 

Habitual  tardiness,  truancy,  or  irregularity  of  attendance. 

The  teacher  will  immediately  notify  the  parent  or  guard- 
ian and  the  Superintendent  of  all  cases  of  suspension,  with 
the  reason  therefor. 

38.  Restoration  or  Expulsion. — Any  pupil  suspended  under 
the  foregoing  rule,  who  shall  express  to  the  teacher  regret 


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for  his  or  her  misconduct,  as  openly  and  explicitly  as  the 
nature  of  the  case  may  require,  and  shall  give  promise  of 
amendment,  shall,  with  the  consent  of  the  Superintendent 
or  Trustees,  be  restored.  Pupils  thus  suspended,  and  not 
restored  within  five  days,  shall- be  considered  as  expelled. 

39.  Forfeiture  of  Seat. — Absence  for  four  school  days,  or  eight 
half  days,  in  any  month,  not  caused  fry  sickness  or  the  pre- 
sence of  a  contagious  disease  in  the  family,  (and  not  author- 
ized by  the  Superintendent  or  Trustees,)  or  absence  for  twenty 
successive  school  days  for  any  cause,  subjects  the  pupil  to  a 
forfeiture  of  seat  and  suspension. 

The  parent  or  guardian  shall  in  all  cases  be  notified  by 
the  teacher  when  two  additional  half  days'  absence  of  the 
pupil  will  require  suspension. 

40.  Re-entering. — Pupils  absent  not  more  than  twenty  days 
on  account  of  sickness,  and  not  more  than  three  days  for 
other  cause,  may  be  allowed  to  re-enter  on  presenting  proper 
excuses.     Those  who  have  forfeited  their  seats  under  the 
foregoing  rule  may  be  allowed  to  re-enter  the  school  on  the 
first  of  the  following  month,  on  assurance  of  greater  regu- 
larity, and  with  the  consent  of  the  Superintendent  or  Trus- 
tees :  but  they  may  be  assigned  to  a  lower  class  or  grade,  at 
the  discretion  of  the  teacher. 

41.  No  Admission  to  other  Schools. — ]N~o  pupil,  while  sus- 
pended, or  after  being  expelled,  can  be  admitted'  into  any 
public  school,  except  by  special  permission  of  the  Superin- 
tendent or  Trustees. 

42.  Tardy  Pupils  and  Excuses. — Pupils  who  are  not  present 
at  the  opening  of  school,  either  in  the  morning  or  after  the 
recesses,  will  not  be  admitted,  without  a  satisfactory  excuse 
from  the  parent  or  guardian,  or  proper  discipline  for  remiss- 
ness.     Excuses  may  be  required  in  writing,  at  the  discretion 
of  the  teacher. 

43.  Certificates  of  Merit  shall  be  given  at  the  close  of  each 
month  to  all  pupils  who  have  received  full  credits  on  the 
register  for  attendance,  scholarship,  and  deportment. 

44.  The  Pupil's  Duties  to  the  Teacher  are,  obedience,  respect, 
and  attention;  industry,  punctuality,  and  regularity;  truth, 
frankness,  and  honesty.     Without  these  there  can  be  neither 
success  in  study  nor  the  formation  of  that  character  which 
it  is  the  object  of  the  school  to  promote. 

45.  The  Pupil's  Duties  to  the  School  are,  kindness  and  pro- 
priety of  deportment  and  honesty  towards  his  schoolmates, 
with  regularity  of  attendance,  proper  conduct  on  the  way, 
and  a  due  regard  for  the  character  of  the  school. 


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46.  Each  Teacher  will  keep  a  copy  of  the  "Rules  and  Reg 
ulations"  in  her  school. 


PUBLIC    EXAMINATIONS. 


47.  A  public  examination  of  each  school  shall  be  made 
before  the  close  of  the  school  year,  under  the  direction  of  the 
Superintendent,  and  all  pupils  absenting  themselves  from 
such  examination,  without  good  cause,  will  be  liable  to  sus- 
pension or  expulsion. 


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